Wash. HCA Hospice Services Billing Guide, May a hospice agency discharge a client from hospice care?

A hospice agency may discharge a client from hospice care when the client is

any of the following:

• No longer certified (decertified) for hospice care

• No longer appropriate for hospice care (see About the Hospice Program)

• Seeking treatment for the terminal illness outside the POC

At the time of a client’s discharge, the hospice agency must do all of the

following:

• Inform and notify in writing HCA’s Hospice program within five business days

of the reason for discharge

• Fax a completed copy of HCA’s HCA/Medicaid Hospice Notification form, HCA

13-746, to HCA hospice/PPC notification number at 360-725-1965, See Where

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• Keep the discharge statement in the client’s hospice record

• Provide the client with a copy of the discharge statement